Sample-shirt holder.



No. 769,729. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

W. A. CLARK, JE.

SAMPLE SHIRT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. z. 1904.

No MODEL.

Patented September 13, 1904.

VVILLIAINI ARCHER CLARK, JR., OF JACKSONVILLE, GEORGIA.

SAMPLE-SHIRT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 769,729, dated September 13, 1904. Application flied April 2, 1904. Serial No. 201,332. IND model.)

To @ZZ whom, it wtfty concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM ARCHER CLARK, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing' at Jacksonville, county of Telfair', and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sample-Shirt Holders, of which the following is a specification.

means whereby traveling' salesmen can more easily and satisfactorilydisplay samples of shirts. Sample shirts are of course folded compactly; but when they are handled much while undergoing' examination they are apt to g'et unfolded and soiled.

According' to my invention I provide a frame or holder adapted to surround a shirt when folded in the usual way and to be attached thereto by detachable connections in such manner as to hold the shirt fiat, but permitting' it to be thoroughly examined.

In the accompanying' drawings, Fig'ure 1 is a plan view of a tray containing' a number of my improved shirt-holders applied to shirts. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views.

A indicates a tray of any suitable construction, such as a trunk-tray.

C indicates shirts, such as negligce shirts. Each shirt is surrounded by a frame B, preferably made of a single piece of heavy wire. The frame has parallel sides L and parallel ends c d, thus forming a rectangular frame somewhat longer and wider than the shirt C when folded. The end piece c is formed with bends (l, to which are attached adjustable tapes E, having spring-clips F adapted to engage with the shirt,at the upperedg'e thereof, on opposite sides of the collar. To the side pieces 7J are connected spring-clips Gr. These are adapted to slide on the sides L, so that they may be made to eng'ag'e the edg'e of the shirt at any desired place. Similar clips G are also arrang'ed on the lower cross-piece By this means a shirt of any kind, but especially a negligee shirt, may be stretched and held in the best position for examination. IVhile held in the frame Bit may be thoroughly examined in front and at the rear without necessarily unfolding any of the parts.

The tray A is provided with a strip H, having' a recess below it to receive the lower end of each frame B, and to the opposite end of the tray are attached a series of spring-clips I, that are adapted to engage the cross-pieces c. A frame B, containing a shirt attached y in the manner before described, can be easily The object of my mventlon 1s to provide inserted in the tray by first placing its lower cross-piece c below the strip H and then moving' the cross-piece c into engagement with the clip I. In like manner a holder B, with a shirt, may bequickly removed from the tray by merely taking hold of the cross-piece c', withdrawing it from the clip I, and then lifting' the frame out from under the strip H. The tray may be made to accommodate any desired number of shirt-holders, and, if neccessary, a series of trays may be arranged one above the other or may be arranged one in rear of the other in a suitable trunk or box.

I claim as my inventionn l. A sample-shirt holder consisting' of a rigid rectangular frame adapted to surround a shirt, clips attached to but sliding' longitudinally on the parallel, longitudinal sides of the frame and adapted to engage the shirt at the edges of the bosom thereof, clips attached to but sliding' on the bottom piece of the frame and also adapted to engage the bosom of the shirt, and cli ps attached to the opposite end of the frame and adapted to eng'age the upper end of the shirt-bosom.

2. A shirt-holder made of heavy wire formed into a rigid rectangular frame having' parallel sides provided with sliding spring-clips, an end piece provided with sliding' spring-clips, and another end piece provided with spring'- clips carried by webbing secured to the top end of the frame.

3. The combination with a tray having' a strip at one end forming' a recess to receive one end of a shirt-holder and having' a springclip at the opposite end and a shirt-holdercomprising' a rigid rectangular metal frame provided with spring-clips for attaching' it to a shirt.

4. The combination of a tray adapted to receive a series of shirt-holders, a shirt-holder comprising a rigid rectangular metal frame, In testimony whereof I have hereunto suhprovided With spring-clips for attaching it to scribed my name.

a shirt, aspring-elip attached to the frame and w adapted to engage one end of the shirt-holder WM' ARCHER CLARK JR' 5 to hold it in place in the tray and means for Vtnesses:

detaehably connecting the opposite end of the Mrs. J. S. WALKER, shirt-holder With the tray. J. C. WILLCOX. 

